![The McHenry Varsity baseball team takes a knee, as a team, on the field.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/baseball-1200x800.jpg)
The nine-year fight
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![Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker (7) walks to the practice field during training camp on July 29, 2023, in St. Joseph, Missouri.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SPORTS-FBN-CHIEFS-BUTKER-SPEECH-REACT-KC-1200x800.jpg)
Un-inspired
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![Twenty One Pilots newest album, Clancy, comes out May 24th. Old fans are crazing over more music from their favorite band.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_1122-e1715953177655-1200x882.jpg)
[Photo] No need to overcompensate
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![MCHS is moving from Skyward and Partners4Results to Powerschool for the 2024-2025 school year. The program promises to work better with Schoology than other apps.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_3596-1200x900.jpeg)
[Photo] Powermove
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![Students may be stressed with the amount of AP exams in the coming weeks, a long with finals.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2290-1200x800.jpg)
[Photo] The AP stress exam
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![Senior Elena Carlos passes the ball during a varsity girls soccer team at McCracken Field on April 23 against Burlington Central.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sps_0043_1036602360-1200x800.jpg)
New season, new coach
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![MCHSs girls lacrosse team took on Hoffman Estates High School at the McCracken Athletic Field.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MCHS-Lacrosee-041724-6-1200x800.jpg)
Sticks up
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![Freshman students got a tour of the Upper Campus on April 26 during special Sneak Peek. Students ended the day with a pep rally and a performance from Staff Infection, including special ninth grade drummers.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_2353-1-1200x800.jpg)
[Photo] Gallery | Upper Campus Sneak Peak
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![The Highlights | April 19, 2024](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/highlights-image-1200x816.jpg)
The Highlights | April 19, 2024
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![As the second semester comes to a close, the senioritis sets in to the graduating class, and the homework continues to pile up.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_0402-1200x800.jpg)
[Photo] Stress code
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![The Highlights | April 12, 2024](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/highlights-image-1200x816.jpg)
The Highlights | April 12, 2024
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![Skincare products are becoming more and more popular, and the growing demand across all ages is raising concerns among some.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-23.png)
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![Students played teachers at two different volleyball matches during the spring spirit rally on April 5 in the Upper Campus main gym. The frosh-soph team beat the Freshman Campus teachers, but the upperclassmen lost to the Upper Campus teachers.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Copy-of-IMG_1645-1200x800.jpg)
[Photo] Some assembly required
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![Boys volleyball players from Lakes play against Grayslake Central on April 2 at Lakes High School. If they can get enough interest, MCHS plans to put together a boys volleyball team together for next year.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1284-1200x800.jpeg)
[Photo] Hit the court
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![The Highlights | April 5, 2024](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/highlights-image-1200x816.jpg)
The Highlights | April 5, 2024
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![MCHSs baseball team prepares for the season, with the addition of their new home field.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_0228-1-1200x800.jpg)
Up to bat
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![According to EducationWeek, 80% of educators report that the pandemic made their students no longer motivated in school. Staff at MCHS has been working hard to keep students motivated and in school.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_9816-1200x800.jpg)
[Photo] Motivation station
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![Since March is Youth Art Month, the National Art Honors Society set a station up outside the cafeteria during lunch periods to celebrate creativity and encourage students to get involved with art.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0117-1200x800.jpg)
[Photo] Gallery: Youth Art Month
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![March is Womens History Month! Purple is the color that represents Womens History Month, symbolizing justice, honor, dignity, and power.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1830-1200x763.jpg)
[Photo] History through her eyes
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![Stanley cups are the internets latest obsession. The variety of colors have sent fans into frenzy and has taken the spot of the last fixation, Hydroflasks.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_9712-1200x800.jpg)
[Photo] It's called “being hydrated”
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![In MCHSs greenhouse, students in Environmental Science have set up an aquaponics garden, an innovative system that grows plants off of raising fish rather than the use of soil.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image-22-1200x800.png)
[Photo] Something fishy
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![First year english teacher Mr. John Aubert has created an atmosphere where students feel at home and welcomed inside the classroom.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_9680-1200x800.jpg)
[Photo] First steps
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![On February 28, the boys basketball team won their sectional semifinals game against the Hononegah Indians by a score of 58-53. They will be playing in the sectional final on March 1.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_1759-1200x800.jpg)
One for the books
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![As the winter season comes to a close, spring athletes excitedly prepare for the return of sports like baseball, soccer lacrosse, tennis, badminton, and more.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_9670-1200x800.jpg)
Springing into a new season
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![McKenzie Woods, a sophomore at MCHS, will be attending nationals for archery after placing second in the state of Wisconsin.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Copy-of-IMG_9314-1200x800.jpg)
Beyond the arrow
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![Just in time for the spring season, construction is wrapping up on the new baseball field right outside the Upper Campus.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_0651-1-1200x800.jpg)
[Photo] Dusting off the plate
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![Just in time for the spring season, construction is wrapping up on the new baseball field right outside the Upper Campus.](https://themchenrymessenger.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_0650-2-1200x800.jpg)
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